Braised Tofu with Coconut
- Preparation time: 15 minutes
- Cook time: 20 minutes
This is an ideal dish for vegetarians: easy, cheap and fast to make.
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Ingredients
- 3 packs of tofu (medium or soft)
- 1 Cup coconut
- 1 Cup coconut milk
- Sugar, salt, pepper, cooking oil
Preparation
- Cut tofu into medium square pieces, fry with cooking oil until it has golden brown color.
- Clean coconut, slice into pieces of about 3 cm, season with some spice
- Boil sugar with some water to make caramel, put coconut pieces in, stir some minutes then pour coconut milk. When the mixture is boiled, put fried tofu in, season with sugar, salt, pepper. Continue to simmer until only one-third of coconut milk is left.
Serve
This dish is served hot with cooked rice.
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